MCAS

Life Science Review

Cells
Animal

Plant

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zaf

Cells: Similarities
Plant

Animal
Cell Membrane
Cytoplasm
Nucleus
Mitochondria

Organelles: Small ,membrane enclosed, parts of the cell

that do a specific job.

Cells: Differences
Animal

Plant
Cell Wall
Vacuole
Chloroplasts

Organelles: Small ,membrane enclosed, parts of the cell

that do a specific job.

Cells
Questions:
1. What type of
cells are these?
2. How can you
tell?
3. What is the
importance of the
green organelles?

Types of Cells
There are many
different
types of cells.
Different cells
can look very
different.

Red Blood Cells

Neurons: Brain Cells

Cardiac Muscle Cells

Their shape and

size help them
do their
specific job.

Body Organization

Human Body Systems

DNA, Genes, and Heredity

DNA, Genes, and Heredity

DNA, Genes, and Heredity

This is a
Karyotype.
It shows the 23
PAIRS of
chromosomes in
one human skin
cell. These
chromosomes
contain DNA. 23
individual
chromosomes
came from the
mother and23 of
them came from
the father.
Can you tell if this
DNA came from a
boy or a Girl?

Its a
BOY! XY is a boy
and XX is a
girl

Punnett Square for Gender

Punnett Squares

Genotype and Phenotype

Genotype: the
genes passed
down from the
parents
Phenotype: the
trait that you
can see

Punnett Squares

What percentage of
the offspring will
have yellow Seeds?
Green Seeds?

http://facultylounge.whfreeman.com/
files/images/figure_25_04.preview.jpg

Sexual vs. Asexual Reproduction

Sexual Reproduction:
2 Parents
Offspring are NOT
identical to the parents

More genetic diversity

Asexual Reproduction:
1 Parents
Offspring are
identical to the
parent

Sexual vs. Asexual Reproduction

Question:
Which type of reproduction will lead to greater
genetic diversity in a population?

Food Chain
All organisms in an
ecosystem
Arrows go in the
direction of Energy flow
Producers (Plants)
convert solar energy
into food for all other
organisms to use

Food Chain: Trophic Levels

Feeder Level
Plants PRODUCE
their own food
Primary (First) Consumers
Eat ONLY Plants Herbivores
Secondary Consumers
Eat Primary Consumers
Tertiary Consumers Eat
Secondary Consumers
Top Predators Carnivores

Food Web
The interactions of all
organisms in an
ecosystem
Arrows go in the
direction of Energy flow
Producers (Plants)
convert solar energy
into food for all other
organisms to use

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
EdKhQVHc3Ao

Symbiosis
Relationships between Organisms

Mutualism

Parasitism
Commensalism

Predator -Prey

Evolution By
Natural Selection
Natural selection is simply the logical
result of four features of living
systems:
variation- individuals in a
population vary from one another
inheritance- parents pass on their
traits to their offspring genetically
selection- some variants reproduce
more than others
time- successful variations
accumulate over many generations
http://
www.nhm.ac.uk/nature-online/evolutio
n/what-is-evolution/natural-selectio
n-game/the-evolution-experience.html
http://
www.techapps.net/interactives/peppe

Darwin
s
Eviden
ce for
Evoluti
on

Evolution of Bacteria

Classification

Classification